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It's a slightly misleading statistic based on biomass (or weight), and thus favours heavier animals like humans and livestock.
According to this measure 34% of mammals are humans and 62% are livestock, leaving the 4% to include elephants and, say, the estimated 7 billion rats and 20 billion mice.
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"Only 4% of mammals alive today are wild animals" on 14:09 - Aug 3 by DJR
It's a slightly misleading statistic based on biomass (or weight), and thus favours heavier animals like humans and livestock.
According to this measure 34% of mammals are humans and 62% are livestock, leaving the 4% to include elephants and, say, the estimated 7 billion rats and 20 billion mice.
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